The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
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How II "scs! ~I'n ::.:;,c,:cr Lost His sheep iu
One of she Blows.

"Stcpping upoa i Boston Shawmu
avenue horse CIR a few days since, say!
Il w1i.er in the Youths Companion, g,
vas surprised TO recognize an Old ac
qu=iHt.,:..c ce in thc conductor, who, as
supposed, was Leriing sleep i'll Dakota
! .Wny, Brown, you mere? [ exclaimed
How tbs? Where nre your sheep?
Ny @heap LIT ne, said he, With 8 jerk
az the fare indicator Sold out?' in.
qnircd. 'No: got jumped. Jumpei
what Jumped you? j. asked well, you
sec, i gas about Ike this, replied my
friend; and he gave me the following
account Of his Western experience: ID
June l1st ! lad twenty-tour hundred:
e"es, win Their :alrbs ! looked after
iAert carefully every 3:.y to keep off tie
COY oies, anc; oJ.it q, good corral foG
ttern at 2iS1t, Gown il the eGge Of the
timber. One afternoon about the 20t1
OF tie month l Vas sitting on the rocks
watching them. Sheep, when they are
feeding, ss Jou kno", generally keep
together, ard I should .linH that ct this
time, mine We're, most Of then, on 2
plot of not much more than an acre Of
ground The SKY was clear, though
just a trifie Elazy; but by ard by /
Dot;c@dl . bit OF cloud in tie northwest
that seemed to ne to be bellaving in g
singular way. It appeared to move in
sort OF 4 spasmotiic motion. noticed,
too, that it was rapidly growing longer,
and that it seemed to shift from dark to
& light green hue. There was q sort oE
sleeve o. funnel shaped trunk hanging
down from it toward the ground. The
view to northward from where : sat was
a good one, and I could see the cloud
coming Z number of miles of. With
every stroke Of the structure l could see
a brown cloud Of dust, grass, brush an6
timber rise in the air and 90 whirlioG
up into the sky. 1t vas q tornado and
20 mistake There vas quite a deep
chink or hole down between Two o. The
rocks where I VAS sitting. I >::ut ny
big umbrella, dropped down into this
c..4inik, st1ttcAed out fil lergth, and
laid tie i::-.ose!is c,>- tie opening rocks
iuto 9hiv!il d! y!ac,d myself. l bud hardly
more ri,aa ;:s:,:ad myseI there W&=a i
grew d2rA as 4:aat, AID tna ThiZz;ng,
roaiinS ngiaz 2..t..a.e !out; IS thunder.
dug y, nails i..;G tie c-evices OF the
stcEe Ga& hc!G o:.--il;ll1, !l;en, wl;sh! the
tc.n&j;o "cct oyeT 2.9 rijn . roaricg
Shrek, g. ride, shower OF stones and
dirtt, ai.& / Ea!: rs = tie wnoic ground
about 1ae VS. Lf:eG iGvo The al. This
did not last I4-a4 ch2!? hai: miau!a. |
go: out OF ;t,G c.avicc and iooked around
for my bancA u sleep. I saw t:go cS
GheG three or four hundred ..ards OF to
the lef:5, 2,;@ri.!G as i j pans,.er was
after them; i.92t-2r one, IaAn, 10y
kicking little le::ser. Those weEe ali
that / cv1!d So, ! ran down TO the
corrais and sGerc ioun1 two o. tbs sheep,
oac with iyg a.oken. They must have
been blown into it over tie eigkt-foot
fence, for I had turned ten al! ont in
the morning. I h;1 nos gone far when
I found q sheep NJ twenty-five or thirty
feet from 5he grcu-t; in the top OF q
pine tree-iodgei there. 4 l-sle farther
on came upon one lying with !. broken
leg back on the grouad, and shortly
after [ saw another lodged high up IL
the crotch of q Big cottonwood. Before
night found fifteen, ni2e Of them dead
on the ground and six up in the tree
topg-some Of these latl=r kicking to
get free. The next Gay [ salted down
three barrels 81 mutton and came East
to get & Job and earn some more money.